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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of dog did the author's father have in the Prologue?

2. How tall was Demond?

3. By the summer of 2004, how many of Ward's friends had died?

4. How old was Ward when her family moved to a single-wide trailer on a dead-end road in DeLisle?

5. How old was Ward's father when she was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Demond unusual?

2. What was the club like that Ward and her friends went to in "Demond Cook"?

3. How did Ward's great-great grandfather die?

4. How did Ward and her brother Joshua spend their days at the beginning of "We Are Wounded"?

5. How did Ward describe Aldon in 2004?

6. How did Ward describe photographs of her ancestors in "We Are in Wolf Town"?

7. How did Ward's father get the money to buy a motorcycle?

8. What were the circumstances of Ward's birth?

9. Who was in Ward's immediate family when she was growing up?

10. What was Ward's mother's home and yard like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

C. J. didn't believe in a future for himself. How did C. J. live that revealed his belief that life was transient? How did that belief affect the way he lived his life?

Essay Topic 2

Chapter 8 is titled "We Are Watching." What were Ward and Joshua watching in that chapter and what did they learn about their roles in life by watching? How did watching shape the adults they became?

Essay Topic 3

Homesickness is something Ward and others from Mississippi deal with. Why is homesickness such a factor for Ward and others who leave Mississippi? How are they affected by homesickness and how does it affect the decision they make in life?

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